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05:45:40 PM Nov 14th 2012edited by Fopenplop

Why is this article so long? Especially considering the fact that UNIX has almost no relation to any work of fiction on this wiki, and that there is no Windows article despite the fact that nearly all PC games of the past decade at least have been for Windows.

Not complaining, just confused.

Also, important to note that there's an equally exhaustive article on macOS.

Life with UNIX by Don Libes and Sandy Ressler. It's old (1989) and thus a bit quaint to read, given what's happened in the ensuing 21 years, but it's also a fun read and provides a lot of insight into the first two decades of UNIX's growth and development.

The UNIX-HATERS Handbook. A good look at the dark side of UNIX, from about the same era (it was released in 1992 and compiled from late-1980s posts to the UNIX-HATERS mailing list). Again, a bit quaint to read — many of the foibles mentioned have long since been fixed or made irrelevant — but still a good Devil's Advocate to the more cheery Life with UNIX.

The Jargon File, particularly the versions after Eric Raymond took over maintenance in the 1990s. The File is a witty, pithy, often hilarious glossary of "hacker jargon" as used in various Internet-connected computer R&D circles (starting with the AI labs at Stanford and MIT, then progressing from there to UNIX fandom and the Open Source movement). It's gotten a tiny bit preachy recently (especially after 9/11, when ESR's politics became distinctly pro-Bush), but the historical material is still worth the read. (Don't forget to read the "chaff" file, a list of terms that aren't in current use; it's even more worth it.)

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05:01:58 PM Aug 23rd 2010

The Android phone and Google's involvement might be mentioned somewhere, as it's a good example of embedded Linux.

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